That Colloqiual Ukrainian is OK. I have the Cds and book and it actually has some good Ukrainian lessons and word usage, however, there is a lot of Russian influence since it is modern Ukrainian. It seems to be written for the Maerican who will be moving and living in Ukraine. It should be easy for the person who has backround in Russian because they use a lot of Russian, unfourtantly. The people on the Cds sound Russian and khav zee Rashyn aksents on da verds dey yuz layk dey yuz da kharrrd "g" an da"ye" an "yi" vere dey shood nat bee. :p

I suggest anything from Canada or the Havard Ukrainian Studies. They will have the more Ukrainianized Ukrainian books.

And Bobby, its Dyakuyu :-)

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I have just started teaching the Ukrainian language to English speaking children, ages 7 - 11.

Considering you speak some Russian you should have no trouble picking up Ukrainian. The English-only speakers have difficulty with some of the grammar, such as items having "genders" and corresponding adjective/pronoun endings.

Good luck. Let me know if I can be of any assistance. I would be happy to email you the worksheets that I have made for my class.

Yes, in Ukrainian it's Heorhij. The Russian language, indeed, does not have the "h" sound, but the Ukrainian language does.

Russians very often transliterate "h" as either "g" or "kh" ("x"), creating a lot of confusion. For example, they say and write, "Okla*kh*oma." Ukrainian immigrants, mocking those Russians who say and write "Oklakhoma," even composed a funny poem about it. In Ukrainian, it goes like this:

("There is no "kh" sound in English, so let the whole world know that Oklahoma will survive without Khoma ("Thomas" in Ukrainian, indeed with the "kh" sound), and Khoma will survive without Oklahoma.")

Yes, in Ukrainian it's Heorhij. The Russian language, indeed, does not have the "h" sound, but the Ukrainian language does.

Russians very often transliterate "h" as either "g" or "kh" ("x"), creating a lot of confusion. For example, they say and write, "Okla*kh*oma." Ukrainian immigrants, mocking those Russians who say and write "Oklakhoma," even composed a funny poem about it. In Ukrainian, it goes like this:

("There is no "kh" sound in English, so let the whole world know that Oklahoma will survive without Khoma ("Thomas" in Ukrainian, indeed with the "kh" sound), and Khoma will survive without Oklahoma.")

The letter [ ђ ] in serbian it isn't a H sound ,i don't know how it's written in english though...if i was to write devil [ђаво] this is how ..brat.. stashko [stanislav] also brother i wanted to ask since russia and ukrain use the same alphabet and it' s Cyrillic ,,couldn't they just say and write for hitler [ хитлер ] ..... станислав.....сташко

Another question is ukrainia and russia considering writing with the latin alphabet in there languages...do either one use latin now....serbs use both .....

Yes, in Ukrainian it's Heorhij. The Russian language, indeed, does not have the "h" sound, but the Ukrainian language does.

Russians very often transliterate "h" as either "g" or "kh" ("x"), creating a lot of confusion. For example, they say and write, "Okla*kh*oma." Ukrainian immigrants, mocking those Russians who say and write "Oklakhoma," even composed a funny poem about it. In Ukrainian, it goes like this:

("There is no "kh" sound in English, so let the whole world know that Oklahoma will survive without Khoma ("Thomas" in Ukrainian, indeed with the "kh" sound), and Khoma will survive without Oklahoma.")

The different Cyrillic alphabets aren't universal between the different languages that use them.

ћ = similar to "ch", but there are two slightly different "ch" sounds in Serbian ћ/ć and ч/čђ = Russian "дж" џ is similar to "дж" and isn't that frequent in Slavic words, but is in Turkish borrowingsх = about the English "h" or Ukrainian "г" and not the East Slavic "х"љ= Russian "ль"њ= Russian "нь"j = Russian "й"

The different Cyrillic alphabets aren't universal between the different languages that use them.

ћ = similar to "ch", but there are two slightly different "ch" sounds in Serbian ћ/ć and ч/čђ = Russian "дж" џ is similar to "дж" and isn't that frequent in Slavic words, but is in Turkish borrowingsх = about the English "h" or Ukrainian "г" and not the East Slavic "х"љ= Russian "ль"њ= Russian "нь"j = Russian "й"

BrotherPlease explain ч ћ to me they sound the same ,i don't hear any differences in them the word - чича - is it spelled this way or this way - ћића or this way чића- or this way ћича these two letters really confuse me то no end ,is one silent and the other long, or lets say soft and hard sound this letter i have no problem with -џ - dz .....stashko

BrotherPlease explain ч ћ to me they sound the same ,i don't hear any differences in them the word - чича - is it spelled this way or this way - ћића or this way чића- or this way ћича these two letters really confuse me то no end ,is one silent and the other long, or lets say soft and hard sound this letter i have no problem with -џ - dz .....stashko

It is kind of hard to explain in writing, but it is a matter of where the tongue is placed when making the sound. Although the merging of the two sounds is common across the Yugoslav diaspora. Your best bet is finding someone who lived in the Former Yugoslavia for all of their educational years and observing the position of their tongue and teeth when they make each sound.

It is kind of hard to explain in writing, but it is a matter of where the tongue is placed when making the sound. Although the merging of the two sounds is common across the Yugoslav diaspora. Your best bet is finding someone who lived in the Former Yugoslavia for all of their educational years and observing the position of their tongue and teeth when they make each sound.

Thanks Brother : i was hoping you were going to solve my confusion ,,,over the similar sounding letters ...mir stashko

About the "ch" sound... The authentic Ukrainian "ch" is very much like "tsh," the tongue touching the hard palate and the front teeth with a gap between the uppper and the lower jaw; on the other hand, the true Russian (and, unfortunalely, the Russified Ukrainian) pronounciation of this sound is more like the English "G" in George, but without the "voice" in it, the front teeth together (a "soft" "ch"). Is this also the case with the two different "ch" sounds in Serbian?

It is similar to Polish ci vs. cz if that helps any (I figure the Ukrainians may have encountered the odd Pole or two). I know there are recordings of these online somewhere... If I could just remember where.